To Vote... or not to stick my nose in it...

Not to sound ignorant, but, if I go vote on the Florida Constitutional Amendments (based on the nifty info I found onhttp://www.ballotpedia.org/, do I HAVE to vote for House of Reps etc etc. It's kind of insane to think I could make an informed decision with so many different people to sift through (even if I hadn't taken a fancy to thinking about it 12 hours before cutoff.) But I don't want to do something insane, like just take the NRA "Personal Voting Card" down and just check off everyone who likes guns. I like guns. But I'm pro a bunch of other things that don't always jive with the stereotypical gun toting voter.. -.-

PS. Florida should consider itself lucky that I'll probably oversleep and not vote (I never vote the first year I live somewhere anyway :P) cause these are what I've got so far:

Amend 1 = NO
Amend 2 = YES
Amend 4 = Yes
Amend 5 = Yes
Amend 6 = Yes
Amend 8 = NO
Florida Federal Budget Advisory Question = Yes

Governor: Rick Scott
Lt Gov: Jen Carroll
AttnGen: Pam Bondi
House: Deutch
Senate: Meek
And the rest is lost on me.

Edit1: My Sister in law tells me I can leave stuff blank. YAY!

Edit2: Well, since it turns out the voting place is literally 2 blocks away, open til 7pm, I already have a voter card for here, AND I've picked out some opinion placements... suppose I rather HAVE to go now. :P

Edit3: Since I have the results already (just 12 hours later) I'll add them on. I DID go vote today, aaaand here's how we did.

Amend 1 = NO BZZZZZZT It passed.

Amend 2 = YES --Passed

Amend 4 = Yes BZZZZZZT It failed.

Amend 5 = Yes --Passed

Amend 6 = Yes --Passed

Amend 8 = NO BZZZZZZT It passed.

Florida Federal Budget Advisory Question = Yes. --Passed

Governor: Rick Scott / Jen Carroll. At this time, no news.

AttnGen: Pam Bondi. According to Florida Independant, she Wins.

House: Deutch. I can't find a definittive answer.

Senate: Meek. Lost to Rubio, who wasn't in my Top 3.

And for those REALLY interested: a list of what those are.

*From http://ballotpedia.org

Amendment 1:

Florida Comprehensive Land Use Plans, Amendment 4 (2010)

I voted Yes.

The official ballot summary is:

Establishes that before a local government may adopt a new comprehensive land use plan, or amend a comprehensive land use plan, the proposed plan or amendment shall be subject to vote of the electors of the local government by referendum, following preparation by the local planning agency, consideration by the governing body and notice. Provides definitions.[4]

Financial impact statement

The official Financial Impact Statement is:

The amendment's impact on local government expenditures cannot be estimated precisely. Local governments will incur additional costs due to the requirement to conduct referenda in order to adopt comprehensive plans or amendments thereto. The amount of such costs depends upon the frequency, timing and method of the referenda, and includes the costs of ballot preparation, election administration, and associated expenses. The impact on state government expenditures will be insignificant.[5]

Florida Legislative District Boundaries, Amendment 5 (2010)

I voted Yes.
Summary:
Legislative districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect representatives of their choice. Districts must be contiguous. Unless otherwise required, districts must be compact, as equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must make use of existing city, county and geographical boundaries.

Florida Congressional District Boundaries, Amendment 6 (2010)

I voted Yes.

Below is the ballot summary for Amendment 6:[4]

Congressional districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect representatives of their choice. Districts must be contiguous. Unless otherwise required, districts must be compact, as equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must make use of existing city, county and geographical boundaries.

Florida Class Size, Amendment 8 (2010)

I voted NO.

Summary of Summary: More students per teacher. This hurts students in less individual attention, and could hurt teachers in "not needing as many". This one, I really cared about.

According to the Florida Department of Elections the summary of the measure reads as follows:[10]

The Florida Constitution currently limits the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in public school classrooms in the following grade groupings: for prekindergarten through grade 3, 18 students; for grades 4 through 8, 22 students; and for grades 9 through 12, 25 students. Under this amendment, the current limits on the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in public school classrooms would become limits on the average number of students assigned per class to each teacher, by specified grade grouping, in each public school. This amendment also adopts new limits on the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in an individual classroom as follows: for prekindergarten through grade 3, 21 students; for grades 4 through 8, 27 students; and for grades 9 through 12, 30 students. This amendment specifies that class size limits do not apply to virtual classes, requires the Legislature to provide sufficient funds to maintain the average number of students required by this amendment, and schedules these revisions to take effect upon approval by the electors of this state and to operate retroactively to the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.

Florida Federal Budget Advisory Question = Yes

According to the Florida Secretary of State's office, the ballot question reads as follows:[3]

In order to stop the uncontrolled growth of our national debt and prevent excessive borrowing by the Federal Government, which threatens our economy and national security, should the United States Constitution be amended to require a balanced federal budget without raising taxes?